This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast

Episode 1: Detachment

January 31, 2024 Richard Kim/Justin Tiwald Season 1 Episode 1
Episode 1: Detachment
This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast
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This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast
Episode 1: Detachment
Jan 31, 2024 Season 1 Episode 1
Richard Kim/Justin Tiwald

In this episode we introduce ourselves and explore the concept of detachment, focusing especially on the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu 莊子), a classical Chinese text.

Want to continue the discussion? Need links to some of the sources mentioned? Go to the support page for this episode on Warp, Weft, and Way.

We thank Lena Li (LI La 李拉 ) for her expert editing and sound engineering. We also thank the blog Warp, Weft & Way for hosting the discussion for this episode.

Co-hosts:
Richard Kim's website
Justin Tiwald's website

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In this episode we introduce ourselves and explore the concept of detachment, focusing especially on the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu 莊子), a classical Chinese text.

Want to continue the discussion? Need links to some of the sources mentioned? Go to the support page for this episode on Warp, Weft, and Way.

We thank Lena Li (LI La 李拉 ) for her expert editing and sound engineering. We also thank the blog Warp, Weft & Way for hosting the discussion for this episode.

Co-hosts:
Richard Kim's website
Justin Tiwald's website

Part I -- Introduction
Part II -- Daoist detachment
• Our particular Daoist: Zhuangzi
• The monkey-trainer passage
• Philosophical double-vision
• Double-vision and value distinctions
• Why should we adopt philosophical double-vision?
• How the two perspectives can be integrated (strategic model vs. Monopoly model vs. others)
• An objection to Daoist detachment: personal relationships
• Another objection: meaninglessness
• Next week's topic